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1099 vs W-2: The difference between employees and contractors

BMT Office Administration

1099 workers also are not generally paid through regular payroll and do not typically have taxes withheld from their checks or deposits. If you are paying someone through your normal employee payroll process with income tax withholdings, you typically need to send them a W-2. Booth copies must be sent out by January 31. Control number.

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Applying for a W2 e-filing waiver

BMT Office Administration

The Social Security Administration’s no-programming e-filing option— W-2 Online —allows you to key information into a PDF of the W-2. Since this falls under the undue hardship waiver provisions, you will need to present the IRS with two cost estimates comparing the cost of e-filing with the cost of filing on paper.

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Eight Ways to Keep Your Office Clutter-Free

Ian's Messy Desk

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday. The cost of storage media keeps getting less and less. It adds up.

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Eight Ways to Eliminate Paper and Clutter in Your Office

Ian's Messy Desk

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday or at least until someone cleans out those files. Personnel and payroll records.

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Three Tips - Preparing for Economic Recovery

Small Business CEO

Others enter the data into payroll, into project tracking systems and then again into client billing systems. Consolidating applications and minimizing the number of technologies increases efficiency and reduces ongoing support costs. Increase productivity so initial growth can be absorbed by existing employees.

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Business and IT - Adversaries or Partners?

Small Business CEO

A poor relationship with IT can be extremely detrimental to the efficiency, productivity and cost-effectiveness of your organization. Watch for some of these warning situations: • Everyone knows HR cuts payroll checks, and finance pays vendors.

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Control Expenses – Automate Process Through Workflow Software

Small Business CEO

How many of you find that new employees don’t get equipment or security access on time, are missing their name plate or aren’t set up in payroll? Her company, OPT Solutions, helps them enable growth, reduce costs and improve efficiency by optimizing business processes and technology. Internal processes.